Café Slavia
Prague
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Of all Prague’s old, traditional cafes, Slavia is the most well-known. This is where members of the Czech avant-garde would sit in the early 1900s, and, during the Communist era, dissidents used to gather here, the secret police spying from only a couple of tables away. The view towards Prague Castle is simply stunning, but if you get tired of it, you can always look at the fine painting "The Absinthe Drinker".
Cafés
Prague has always been a good town for cafes. Around the turn of the last century this meant large middle class premises — which re-opened during the 1990's — and after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, a lot of smaller, cosy cafes with bric-à-brac décor were opened.